Harry Truman actually said...

It is expensive to keep up the forces necessary to prevent war, but in the long run it could be a lot more expensive not to have them.

Radio and Television Report to the American People on the State of the National Economy.

07/12/1949

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This job of the Red Cross is going to take a lot of money--more than the Red Cross can provide from its present resources.

These letters prove what I believe so strongly, that millions and millions of Americans--housewives like yourself and workers and businessme...

I was appalled at what I saw.

Human welfare is the most important job.